A Night in the Lonesome October
“ "I sometimes think you're a closer, Snuff." Our eyes met, and I halted. At some point, you have to take a chance.
"I am," I said.
"Damn! We're not alone then!" "Let's keep it quiet," I said. "In fact, let's not speak of it again." "But you can at least tell me whether you know if any of the others are." "I don't," I said.
I started forward again. A small plunge taken, a small victory grasped. We passed a pair of cows, heads down, munching.... A small roll of thunder came from the Good Doctor's direction. Looking left, I could make out my hill, which I'd named Dog's Nest.
"Is this one farther south than the other?" I asked, as we turned onto a lane which led in that direction.
"Yes," he hissed.
I kept trying to visualize the pattern tugged in new directions by these new foci of residence. It was irritating to keep finding and losing candidates for center. It seemed almost as if the forces were playing games with me. And it was especially difficult to keep surrendering ones that seemed eminently appropriate.MoreLess
"I am," I said.
"Damn! We're not alone then!" "Let's keep it quiet," I said. "In fact, let's not speak of it again." "But you can at least tell me whether you know if any of the others are." "I don't," I said.
I started forward again. A small plunge taken, a small victory grasped. We passed a pair of cows, heads down, munching.... A small roll of thunder came from the Good Doctor's direction. Looking left, I could make out my hill, which I'd named Dog's Nest.
"Is this one farther south than the other?" I asked, as we turned onto a lane which led in that direction.
"Yes," he hissed.
I kept trying to visualize the pattern tugged in new directions by these new foci of residence. It was irritating to keep finding and losing candidates for center. It seemed almost as if the forces were playing games with me. And it was especially difficult to keep surrendering ones that seemed eminently appropriate.MoreLess
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